The Greek company MLS has made efforts to enter the international mobile phone market and as a result has decided to launch the first ever made in Greece smartphone, the MLS iQTalk™.

The device combines voice recognition (Talk) and artificial intelligence (IQ) technologies. The Greek firm MLS started developing such technologies several years ago and consequently put them together in one device. In simple words, this MSL smartphone uses an Android operating system that “understands” and “talks” in the Greek language.

More details on the functions of the MLS iQTalk will be announced by the firm itself when the Greek smartphone be available on Greek market in the following days.

What about its price, you wonder? It will cost 249.90 euros including taxes and will be available at Greek mobile phone stores.

MLS CEO Ioannis Kamatakis commented that people of the company are really excited and proud of this development and marked this first Greek mobile phone as an “extremely interesting innovation.” ”Our goal was for all Greeks that acquire it to enjoy an entirely new level of communication with the iQTalk and at a reasonable price,” he added.

MLS is a Thessaloniki-based firm which is rapidly increasing its profit. Despite the smartphone’s “Greekness,” it will be produced in China in specialized factories.

Nokia has announced the newest member of its Windows Phone 8 family, the Lumia 620. Like the higher-end Lumia 920 and 820, it’s being produced in an array of bold colors, but the Lumia 620 is the grunt in this army. It’s a bargain-priced, entry-level device aimed at first-time smartphone buyers and those with limited budgets — or even folks that don’t want to subsidize a new phone by locking themselves into a contract. At just $249 to buy outright, the Lumia 620 is going to attract plenty of attention.

Its specs are modest: a 1GHz dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, 512MB of RAM, and 8GB of internal storage (which is expandable via a microSD slot). Its 3.8-inch, 800 x 480 display won’t rival the Oppo Find 5, but Nokia does say that it features the same daylight readability tweaks as the Lumia 920 and 820. NFC support is also built in, so Lumia 620 owners will still be able to enjoy functionality like the slick tap-to-send file transfers that works with Windows 8 Ultrabooks.

And because the Lumia 620 has a half gig of RAM, you’ll be able to use its VGA front-facing camera to make Skype video calls to your friends and family. A 5MP shooter sits on the rear, and power is supplied by a rather scant 1300mAh battery (about 30% less capacity than the battery in the Lumia 820).

The Lumia 620 will go on sale some time in the first quarter of 2013. Right now, it’s set to roll out in Asia first and then head to the EMEA territories. “Additional countries” will see it arrive later, though the US and Canada haven’t been specifically mentioned. It’d be a shame if Nokia didn’t bring the Lumia 620 to North America. A bargain-basement WP8 device in eye-catching colors like these could provide a real boost for Microsoft’s mobile platform.